Bukit Merah, also known as Redhill, is a

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and

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situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. The planning area borders

Tanglin Tanglin ( or ) is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore. Tanglin is located west of Newton, Orchard, River Valley and Singapore River, south of Novena, east of Bukit Timah, northeast of Queenstown and north of Bu ...

to the north, Queenstown to the west and the

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, Outram and

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planning areas of the Central Area to the east. It also shares a maritime boundary with the

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planning area to the south. Bukit Merah is linked to

Sentosa Island Sentosa Island ( ), known mononymously as Sentosa, is an island located off the southern coast of Singapore's Singapore Island, main island. The island is separated from the main island of Singapore by a channel of water, the Keppel Harbour, a ...

via Sentosa Gateway, Sentosa Broadwalk,

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and the

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. Bukit Merah planning area also includes two offshore islands which are linked to the mainland by road, namely

Pulau Brani Pulau Brani is an island located off the southern coast of Singapore, near Keppel Harbour. The island is situated between the main island of Singapore and the resort island of Sentosa, and is linked to the mainland via Brani Terminal Avenue. T ...

and

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. It is the most populated planning area in the Central Region, and the 12th most populated planning area in the country overall, being home to more than 150,000 residents.

Etymology

''Bukit Merah'' translates to “

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hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, and is usually applied to peaks which are above elevation compared to the relative landmass, though not as prominent as Mountain, mountains. Hills ...

” in Malay, and is a reference to the red-coloured

lateritic Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by intensive and prolo ...

soil found on the hill. According to the ''

Sejarah Melayu The ''Malay Annals'' ( Malay: ''Sejarah Melayu'', Jawi: ), originally titled ''Sulalatus Salatin'' (''Genealogy of Kings''), is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanat ...

'', Singapore used to be plagued by

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attacking the people living in the coastal regions. A young boy named

Hang Nadim Hang Nadim ( Jawi: هڠ نديم) was a warrior of the Johor-Riau during the Portuguese occupation of Melaka (modern day Malacca). Nadim was appointed ''laksamana'' (admiral) of Sultan Mahmud Shah's forces that harassed the Portuguese trade c ...

proposed an ingenious solution, to build a wall of banana stems along the coast at the present location of

Tanjong Pagar Tanjong Pagar ( alternatively spelled ''Tanjung Pagar'') is a historic district located within the Central Business District of Singapore, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urba ...

. When the swordfish attacked, their snouts were stuck in the stems. With the swordfish problem solved, Hang Nadim earned great respect from the people, but also jealousy from the rulers. The fourth King of

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, Paduka Seri Maharaja, finally ordered his execution, and it was said that his blood-soaked the soil of the hill where he was killed, giving rise to the red-coloured hill. The hill was eventually trimmed to its current state in 1973, when it made way for Redhill Close and what would eventually become the now defunct Henderson Secondary School. During its existence, a Chinese cemetery was situated on the reverse side of this hill, which is today, the location of

Tiong Bahru Tiong Bahru is a housing estate and subzone region located within Bukit Merah planning area, in the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. Tiong Bahru was constructed in the 1920s by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the predeces ...

History

Keppel Harbour dates back to the 14th century when an ancient Chinese traveller,

Wang Dayuan Wang Dayuan (, fl. 1311–1350), courtesy name Huanzhang (), was a Chinese traveller from Jiangxi in the 14th century. He is known for his two major ship voyages. Wang Dayuan was born around 1311 at Hongzhou (present-day Nanchang). During 1328� ...

named the harbour''" Long-Ya-Men" or "Dragon Teeth Gate"'' after two rock outcrops located near Labrador Park, which resembled dragon's teeth. The two rock outcrops were subsequently blown up by the

Straits Settlements The Straits Settlements () were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under control of the ...

Surveyor, John Thomson, in August 1848 to widen the entrance a new harbour. With the earliest records of Bukit Merah's existence in the

Malay Annals The ''Malay Annals'' ( Malay: ''Sejarah Melayu'', Jawi: ), originally titled ''Sulalatus Salatin'' (''Genealogy of Kings''), is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanat ...

, the town had a huge role to play in the early maritime trade of the

Kingdom of Singapura The Kingdom of Singapura ( Malay: ''Kerajaan Singapura'') was a Malay kingdom thought to have been established as a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom during the early history of Singapore on its main island Temasek from 1299 until its fall sometime b ...

. Mount Faber was once known as Telok Blangah Hill. Its name was changed to Mount Faber after Captain Edward Faber cut the road up to the top in 1845 to set up a signal station. The

Singapore General Hospital Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is an academic health science centre and tertiary referral hospital in Singapore. It is located next to the Bukit Merah and Chinatown districts of the Central Region, close to the Outram Community Hospital (O ...

site dates back to 1882. Labrador Nature Park was used as a defence outpost in the 19th century until

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. The town's fertile red soil was employed to great effect when it was a district rich in gambier cultivation during British colonial rule. Even before the industrialisation of

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, Bukit Merah already had a small head start in the emerging heavy industry market in Singapore. With the first brickwork factories and mills emerging in the precincts of Henderson Hill and Redhill as early as the 1930s. The town is also home to the first housing estate in the country,

, which was developed by the

Singapore Improvement Trust The Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) is a former government organisation that was responsible for urban planning and urban renewal in Singapore. Formally established in 1927 under the Singapore Improvement Ordinance, it was modelled after sim ...

in the backdrop of a rapidly growing population in

post-war Singapore The Colony of Singapore was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom that encompassed what is modern-day Singapore from 1946 to 1959. During this period, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Labuan were also administered from Singap ...

. The estate later became the basis of what would eventually become the first new town in the Republic, Queenstown.

Geography

According to the various master plans laid out by the

Urban Redevelopment Authority The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government, statutory board under the Ministry of National Development (Singapore), Ministry of National De ...

, Bukit Merah is bounded by Alexandra Canal and the

to the north and HarbourFront and

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to the south, Kim Seng Road, Outram Road and

Cantonment Road Cantonment Road ( Chinese: 广东民路) is a road located directly on the boundary between Bukit Merah and the Central Area PAs of Outram and the Downtown Core in Singapore. The road starts at its junction with Outram Road, Eu Tong Sen S ...

to the east and Alexandra Road to the west. There are 17 subzones within the planning area, including

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Bukit Ho Swee Bukit Ho Swee () is a subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Its boundary is made up of the Alexandra Canal in the north; Kim Seng Road and Outram Road in the east; Zion ...

, Bukit Merah, City Terminals, Depot Road, Everton Park,

HarbourFront HarbourFront is a waterfront district situated in southern Singapore. Whilst HarbourFront's boundaries are ambiguous, its location is roughly represented on the URA's Master Plan as a subzone called Maritime Square, located within the Bukit Me ...

, Henderson Hill, Redhill,

Telok Blangah Telok Blangah ( , , ) is a subzone region and housing estate located in the area behind Keppel Harbour in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Telok Blangah is represented by three contiguous subzones of Bukit Merah in Urban Redevelopment Authority, URA maste ...

and

Subzones

Transportation

Mass Rapid Transit

Outram Park MRT station was the first station to open in the planning area in 1987, followed by the namesake Redhill MRT station and Tiong Bahru MRT station in 1988. Today, there are currently 7 MRT stations that serve the planning area across 4 lines, the East West line, Circle line, North East line and the Thomson-East Coast line. HarbourFront MRT station is an interchange station between the North East line and the Circle line, which is also the current terminus for both lines. Outram Park MRT station was initially a double-line interchange station between the East West and North East lines but became a triple-line interchange station after the commencement of the third stage of the Thomson–East Coast line in 2022. The 7 stations are: * Havelock * Outram Park *

* Redhill *

Labrador Park Labrador Nature Reserve (Simplified Chinese, Chinese: 拉柏多自然保护区, Malay language, Malay: Kawasan Simpanan Alam Semulajadi Labrador), also known locally as Labrador Park (拉柏多公园, Taman Labrador), is located in the southern p ...

Future stations that are currently under construction include: * Keppel *

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The future stations, Keppel and

will be located within the new town as part of Stage 6 of the Circle line that will be completed by 2026. During the 2025 Committee of Supply debate, Minister for Transport

Chee Hong Tat Chee Hong Tat ( zh, s=徐芳达, p=Xú Fāngdá, poj=Chhî Hong-ta̍t, first=poj; born 4 November 1973) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been appointed as Minister for National Development in 2025. A member of the ...

announced that feasibility studies are being conducted for a proposed MRT line, tentatively called the Tengah line. If found feasible, the line, which will serve areas including Bukit Merah, could be built from the 2040s.

Bus

There are two bus interchanges and one bus terminal in the new town. The

Bukit Merah Bus Interchange Bukit Merah Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in the Bukit Merah Town Centre in Singapore. The interchange is located along Bukit Merah Central and serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei, as well as t ...

, which serves Bukit Merah, is located at Bukit Merah Town Centre. Service Number 132 links the Interchange to

Redhill MRT station Redhill MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station in Singapore on the East West line (EWL). Operated by SMRT, the station serves nearby landmarks such as the Delta Swimming Complex and Thye Hong Centre. First announce ...

while bus services 5, 16, and 851 link the interchange to

Tiong Bahru MRT station Tiong Bahru MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Bukit Merah, Singapore. This is the first and last underground station for eastbound and westbound trains respectively. Directly connected t ...

. There are two feeder services originating from the interchange which serves the

estate. The

HarbourFront Bus Interchange HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located within HarbourFront along Seah Im Road off Telok Blangah Road in Bukit Merah planning area, Singapore. The interchange serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei and also the ...

is located at the southern part of Bukit Merah, serving nearby amenities such as the

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and

VivoCity VivoCity is a shopping mall located in the HarbourFront precinct of Bukit Merah, Singapore. It is the largest shopping mall in Singapore, with of net lettable area and of gross floor area spread over a three-storey shopping complex and t ...

, the largest shopping mall in Singapore. The

Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal ( Malay: ''Pertukaran Bas Kampong Bahru''; Chinese: 甘榜峇鲁路巴士终站) is a bus terminal in Singapore. It is situated along Spooner Road off Kampong Bahru Road in Bukit Merah, and is located near Outram Com ...

is located along Spooner Road, near the vicinity of the

Education

Primary schools

*Alexandra Primary School *Blangah Rise Primary School *Cantonment Primary School * CHIJ Kellock *Gan Eng Seng Primary School *Radin Mas Primary School *Zhangde Primary School

Secondary schools

Bukit Merah Secondary School Bukit Merah Secondary School (BMSS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Bukit Merah, Singapore. BMSS has established itself as a Value-Added school since 1993, offering the Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical streams leadi ...

* CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent * Crescent Girls' School * Gan Eng Seng School

Tertiary institutions

* Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Other schools

* Academy of Singapore Teachers (AST) * APSN Tanglin School * ISS International School (Preston Campus) *

North London Collegiate School North London Collegiate School (NLCS) is a private day school for girls in England. Founded in Camden Town, it is now located in Edgware, in the London Borough of Harrow. Associate schools are located in South Korea, Jeju Island, Dubai, Vietnam ...

(Singapore) *Shelton College International

Amenities

Places of worship

Buddhist temples

Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple is a Theravada Buddhist monastery and temple in Singapore. The monastery was originally set up by Venerable Luang Phor Hong Dhammaratano with his disciple Samanera Boonler. The temple is located at Ja ...

* Kwan Yam Theng Buddhist Temple * Buddhist Fellowship West Centre, in Yeo's building

Chinese temples

Ban Siew San Kuan Imm Temple
(1880)
Giok Hong Tian Temple
(1887)
Hock Teck Tong Temple
(1932) * Kai San Temple (1904) * Kim Lan Beo Temple (1830, relocate in 1984) * Leng San Teng Temple (1879)
Koon Seng Ting Temple
(1880) * Lei Yin Temple (1957) * Qi Tian Gong Temple (1920) * Qi Tian Tan Temple (1949) * Tai Yeong Kon Temple (1947) * Tang Gah Beo Temple * Telok Blangah Ting Kong Beo Temple (1923)

Chinese clan temples

* Lim See Tai Chong Soo Kiu Leong Tong Temple * San Jiang Gong Ci Temple

Chinese combined temples

* Chia Leng Kong Heng Kang Tian Temple * Chin Leng Keng (Leng San Teng, Chin Lin Keng & Ban Sian Beo) * Temple of Liang Hong Sze Kong Hock Keng Heap Hoe Keng

Churches

* Grace Assembly of God 1 * Church of God Singapore * Church of St. Teresa * Danish Seamen's Church * Grace Methodist Church * Pasir Panjang Tamil Methodist Church * St. Matthew's Church *

Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church (Abbreviation: TACMC), (Simplified Chinese, Chinese: ) is located on Telok Ayer Street within the Downtown Core of Singapore's central business district. The church is approximately 450 metres from Telok Aye ...

Hindu temples

* Sri Ruthra Kaliamman Temple

Mosques

* Masjid Al-Amin Mosque * Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah Mosque * Masjid Kampong Delta Mosque * Masjid Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim

Sikh temples

* Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road

Shopping centres

* Alexandra Central * Alexandra Retail Centre * Concorde Shopping Centre * Depot Heights Shopping Centre *

Tiong Bahru Plaza Tiong Bahru Plaza (Simplified Chinese: 中峇鲁广场) is a shopping mall located in Tiong Bahru Estate, in Bukit Merah, Singapore, near Tiong Bahru Road, Jalan Membina and Bukit Ho Swee Crescent, which is where the entrance to the mall is loc ...

Parks

* Alexandra Canal Linear Park * Alexandra Hill East Neighbourhood Park * Bukit Purmei Hillock Park * Henderson Park * Kim Pong Park *

Labrador Nature Reserve Labrador Nature Reserve ( Chinese: 拉柏多自然保护区, Malay: Kawasan Simpanan Alam Semulajadi Labrador), also known locally as Labrador Park (拉柏多公园, Taman Labrador), is located in the southern part of mainland Singapore. It is h ...

Mount Faber Park Mount Faber, formerly Telok Blangah Hill, is a hill about in height, located in the town of Bukit Merah in the Central Region of Singapore. It overlooks the Telok Blangah area and the western parts of the Central Area. The summit is accessib ...

* Rail Corridor (South) * Rumah Tinggi Eco Park *

Telok Blangah Hill Park Telok Blangah Hill Park is a park situated at Telok Blangah Green, off Henderson Road, in Bukit Merah. It connects to Mount Faber Park via Henderson Waves bridge. Standing at 36m (118ft) above Henderson Road, it is the tallest pedestrian bridge i ...

* Tiong Bahru Park

Community centres/clubs

* Bukit Merah Community Centre * Henderson Community Club * Kim Seng Community Centre * Leng Kee Community Centre * Radin Mas Community Club * Telok Blangah Community Club * Tiong Bahru Community Centre

Sports facilities

* Delta Sports Complex * SAFRA Mount Faber * Sports Lifestyle Centre

Tourist attractions

* Amped Trampoline Park *

Baba House Baba House (also referred to as NUS Baba House) is a museum in Singapore, showcasing Peranakan history, architecture and heritage. It is a traditional Peranakan pre-war terrace-house on Neil Road which was formerly owned by the family of a 19th-c ...

* Berlayer Beacon * Bukit Chermin Broadwalk * Former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (Temporarily closed for restoration works) * Gillman Barracks *

Henderson Waves Henderson Waves is a pedestrian bridge crossing Henderson Road in the Southern Ridges in Singapore. Along with Alexandra Arch, the bridge is one of two pedestrian bridges that form part of the walking trail connecting the Southern Ridges with Mo ...

Singapore Art Museum The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM) is an art museum with multiple venues across Singapore. It is the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important public collections by loc ...

(SAM) at Tanjong Pagar Distripark *

Singapore Cable Car The Singapore Cable Car is a gondola lift in Singapore, providing an aerial link from Mount Faber (Faber Peak Singapore) on Singapore Island to the resort island of Sentosa across the Keppel Harbour. Opened on 15 February 1974, it was the s ...

stations at Mount Faber and HarbourFront * The SGH Museum

Politics

Bukit Merah belongs to six political divisions in four constituencies. A large portion of Bukit Merah is under

Tanjong Pagar GRC The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central Region, Singapore, Central and West Region, Singapore, Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Bl ...

with some areas under

Jalan Besar GRC Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency composed of several city suburbs along with the Central Area of Singapore. The Jalan Besar GRC is the electoral division representing the largest a ...

, Radin Mas SMC and

West Coast GRC The West Coast Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western and central areas of Singapore. The five divisions consisted of: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang ...

, served by the

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. As of the 2020 General election, the Members of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC are

Indranee Rajah Indranee Thurai Rajah (; born 12 April 1963) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance since 2018 and Second Minister for National Development and ...

for Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru division,

Joan Pereira Joan Cheng Sim Pereira (born 1967) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Henderson–Dawson division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2015. Ed ...

for Henderson-Dawson division and

Eric Chua Eric Chua Swee Leong ( zh, s=蔡瑞隆, p=Cài Ruìlóng, first=poj; born 27 May 1979) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for S ...

for Queenstown division.

Melvin Yong Melvin Yong Yik Chye ( zh, s=杨益财, p=Yáng Yìcái; born 19 February 1972) is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former police officer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (M ...

is the current Member of Parliament for Radin Mas SMC,

Rachel Ong Rachel Ong Sin Yen (; born 1972) is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Telok Blangah division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since ...

for Telok Blangah division of West Coast GRC and

Josephine Teo Josephine Teo Li Min. In this Chinese name, the family name is Teo (''née'' Yong). In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Josephine Teo and the Chinese-style name is Teo Li Min. (née Yong; born 8 July 1968) is a Singaporean ...

for Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division of Jalan Besar GRC. The planning area is overseen by three town councils, namely Tanjong Pagar Town Council (TPTC), West Coast Town Council (WCTC) and Jalan Besar Town Council (JBTC). Bukit Merah is covered by two

Community Development Council The Community Development Council (CDC; ; zh, 社區發展理事會; ) is a government-led organisation to organise grassroot organisations and community programmes into smaller, local units as a bridge between the government and the community i ...

s (CDC), Central Singapore District and

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Denise Phua Denise Phua Lay Peng (;Denise Phua Lay Peng
, Candidate Profiles, People's Ac ...

is the current mayor for Central CDC and

Low Yen Ling Low Yen Ling ( zh, s=刘燕玲, p=Liú Yànlíng; born 17 August 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South West District since 2014, Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Ministe ...

is the current mayor for South West CDC.

References

Notes

Sources

*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press, *https://lostnfiledsg.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/bukit-merah-town-centre/ *http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_779_2005-01-26.html

External links

Legend of Bukit Merah at the Singapore Museum website
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